{"id":7993,"date":"2021-04-27T10:52:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T08:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zillionfilm.com\/?p=7993"},"modified":"2021-04-27T10:52:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T08:52:26","slug":"how-the-moscow-international-film-festival-is-holding-a-physical-edition-with-international-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zillionfilm.com\/en\/how-the-moscow-international-film-festival-is-holding-a-physical-edition-with-international-guests\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Moscow International Film Festival is holding a physical edition with international guests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screendaily.com\/features\/how-the-moscow-international-film-festival-is-holding-a-physical-edition-with-international-guests\/5159051.article\">https:\/\/www.screendaily.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"noLink\">by <em><strong>STUART KEMP<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF) is welcoming Russian cinephiles, filmmakers, and industry executives in person this week to what is one of Europe\u2019s first (almost) fully physical events to take place during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The 43rd edition of the Moscow film festival is running from April 22 \u2013April 29. The festival aims to provide a platform for international films into the Russian market and to bring Russian films to international attention. There are two main international competitions \u2013 for features and documentaries.<\/p>\n<p>Working closely with the chairman of selection committee Andrey Plakhov\u2019s name and also MIFF president Nikita Mikhalkov, Festival program director Kirill Razlogov, and the event team has worked hard to ensure the festival will go ahead entirely in cinemas. Cinemas in Moscow are now open with Covid measures in place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main challenge has been with bringing people to Moscow, there was no challenge with getting films,\u201d Razlogov says of pulling the festival together at a time of limited international travel. \u201cMoscow\u2019s promise of a cinema experience for the films boosted our allure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The festival is also hosting online screenings and events for those filmmakers unable to overcome travel bans or quarantine requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Socially-distanced screenings are taking place at the festival\u2019s main hub of the Oktyabr cinema center and at the festival\u2019s other venues, including one of Moscow\u2019s most famous cinemas, the recently refurbished Art Theater (Khudozhestvenny) on Arbat Square. Audiences are required to wear masks and gloves and screening rooms will be at 50% capacity.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s festival opens with the world premiere of Timur Bekmambetov and Sergey Trofimov\u2019s WWII thriller Devyataev, based on the true story of a Soviet Union fighter pilot Mikhail Devyataev captured by the Nazis in 1944. Trofimov is the regular cinematographer on Bekmambetov\u2019s films.<\/p>\n<p>The closing film is the European premiere of The Cafe Of My Memories from Finnish filmmaker Valto Baltzar. The France-Finland co-production details a love story between a Finnish worker and a French teacher who arrives in Helsinki for work. Razlogov expects Trofimov to attend and anticipates inviting French Embassy representatives and various French cultural institutions in Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>There are 14 titles in the festival\u2019s main competition section, of which nearly half are world premieres: Agust\u00ed Villaronga\u2019s The Belly Of The Sea, Aleksey Fedorchenko\u2019s Last Dear Bulgaria, Zrinko Ogresta\u2019s A Blue Flower, Yelena Popovic\u2019s Man Of God, Cuban director Miguel Coyula\u2019s Blue Heart and Iranian director Noushin Meraji\u2019s The Son.<\/p>\n<p>Although the festival estimates just 40% of the usual number of international guests are able to attend this year\u2019s edition, they include a good number of filmmakers from the main competition with Popovic, Villaronga, and Meraji among them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe received special permission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to invite filmmakers if their countries are allowing them to travel to Moscow,\u201d says Razlogov. Russia does not require any international visitor to quarantine unless they are UK citizens or arriving from the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The competition jury is chaired by Filipino director Brilliante Mendoza with jury members Serbian-Russian actor\/producer Milos Bikovic, Brazilian filmmaker Karim Ainouz, Russian composer Yuri Poteenko, and Russian film and TV director Nigina Sayfulaeva. All will be watching the films in person in Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Moscow film festival does what it has always done: Showing films that are difficult to get to see [for Russian audiences],\u201d Razlogov says<\/p>\n<p>He points to Radu Jude\u2019s Berlinale Golden bear winner Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn, which is screening in the Missing Pictures strand. It is about a woman who suffers when a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. The subject matter is causing a few headaches for the Moscow selection team with Russian censors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey come down hard on films with explicit language content,\u201d Razlogov explains. However, the festival is able to take advantage of a special dispensation from the censors for film festivals in Russia. \u201cWe are permitted to show the film without a censorship permit. But dirty words are forbidden by law in Russia. 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